The Brave Little Toaster

The Brave Little Toaster (1987) – What a bizarre amalgamation of the usual children’s movie tropes and sad, serious, even grim themes – on the one hand you’ve got all the lame little kid jokes and pop culture references you expect, and on the other you’ve got the creepy suicidal air conditioner and the creepy clown firefighter and the very creepy song where the cars die as they sing; there’s not a lot to the story otherwise, though, and it’s a pretty slow starter; oh, and Tony the Tiger is the vacuum cleaner. 6